School of Medicine

Outside Scholarships

Scholarships now available.

To explore the Internet for information on outside scholarships (awarded by entities outside of Tulane) we recommend that you try searching a scholarship database known as FastWEB. At this site you can access a free on-line searchable database of more than 200,000 scholarships, grants, and fellowships, an loans.

NMF's mission is to provide scholarships and service-learning programs for underrepresented minorities in medicine and the health professions. Their primary goal is to achieve equity of opportunity in medicine and equity of access to quality healthcare for all groups in American society by increasing the number of minority physicians and changing the face of medicine to better reflect and serve our diverse nation. For much more information, please go to http://www.nmfonline.org/Home .

Physicians of Tomorrow Awards
Nomination Deadline: Applications will be available in February 2015

Arthur N. Wilson, MD Scholarship
Nomination Deadline: Applications will be available in March 2015

Seed Grand Program
Nomination Deadline: 2015 Application is now available and the deadline is December 5, 2014

MINORITY MEDICAL STUDENT AWARD PROGRAM (MMSAP)

Who is eligible? Minority medical students from the United States or Canada who are enrolled in a DO, MD, or MD/PhD program.

The award consists of a $5,000 stipend; travel allowances to the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting; complimentary subscriptions to Blood, the official journal of ASH, and The Hematologist, ASH's newsletter.

Application Deadline: Request a Mentor Deadline is January 6, 2014 and the Application deadline is March 10, 2015.

The Pisacano Scholars Leadership program is designed to provide educational programs, leadership training, and funding to reimburse a portion of medical-school-related debt. Scholarships will be awarded to outstanding medical students for a four-year period. Students who have made a commitment to the field of family medicine and who will enter their fourth year in medical school in the fall of 2015 may apply. The PLF will award scholarships with a maximum value of $28,000 each for the 2015-2016 academic year.

The 2015 Pauletta and Denzel Washington Family Gifted Scholars in Neuroscience Award is available to medical students The selected awardee will be hired in a paid position for (1) year to conduct research in a Department of Neurosurgery laboratory. The annual salary range is between $30,000 to $34,000 depending on experience. For more information:

The Scholarship Fund of the Worcester District Medical Society will, one again, award scholarships to second, third and fourth year medical students who are in financial need and are legal residents of CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS.

The $2,000 scholarship is awarded to a medical school student currently attending an accredited medical school and is either a member of an ethnic, racial, or other minority, or demonstrates the commitment to issues of diversity within their academic career.